[asterisk-biz] Buy Aastra phones in France?

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <04a101caabdf$cc6d91f0$6548b5d0$@cc>,
Chris Bagnall <lists at minotaur.cc> wrote:
> > I am in a UK company, looking to buy some Aastra IP phones with French
> > mains power adaptors, because they are for shipping to the Congo.
> 
> I don't know if the Aastra phones use the standard 5v power supplies used by
> Snom and Linksys phones, but if so, most suppliers tend to supply them with
> UK, Australia and Euro adapter ends. I can drop you an email offlist with
> details of our distributor if it's any help.

Thanks, that's a good point. I've emailed our usual supplier to ask them whether
they have interchangeable plugs.

> > I guess the easiest way would be to order them from France, as I doubt
> > UK suppliers would be able to supply French power units.
> 
> At the risk of complicating your project - mightn't the easiest solution be
> to ship them with a PoE switch (since good switches nearly always come with
> both a UK plug and a Schuko (Euro) plug to IEC C13 cable)?

I don't think this will work, because the phones may well be getting deployed
singly in multiple locations.

Thanks for the ideas!

Tony

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